Jun 17 Watch Making a Free Press in Iraq Terence Smith gets an update on efforts to create a free press in Iraq and a view of the current changes in the Iraqi media from Deborah Amos, an NPR News correspondent reporting from Baghdad, and David Hoffman, president of… Continue watching
Jun 16 U.S. Soldiers Wounded As Anti-Resistance Operation Continues Four U.S. soldiers were wounded in separate ambush assaults in Iraq Sunday as U.S. troops continue operations designed to uproot pockets of resistance capable of launching such attacks on coalition forces. Continue reading
Jun 13 U.S. Troops Kill 27 Iraqi Assailants U.S. forces killed 27 Iraqi fighters on Friday, in the most recent of a spate of battles that has left some 100 Iraqis and at least two Americans dead in the last week. Continue reading
Jun 12 "Chemical Ali" May Still Be Alive, Reports Say Reports indicate a top Iraqi leader who U.S. officials said had likely been killed by coalition bombing may be alive and well, while the U.S. has ratcheted up operations designed to uproot stubborn pockets of resistance. Continue reading
Jun 12 Veteran Broadcast Journalist David Brinkley Dies at 82 Veteran reporter and anchor David Brinkley died at the age of 82 Wednesday night at his home in Houston, TX after suffering complications from a fall. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch In Memoriam: David Brinkley Veteran news anchor David Brinkley died at his home in Houston on Wednesday. Terence Smith speaks with former NewsHour co-anchor Robert MacNeil about his work with the late journalist. Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Update: On the Ground in Iraq Paul Bremer, the American civilian administrator in Iraq, testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the security of U.S. troops in the country. Ray Suarez discusses the recent violence in Iraq with Ivan Watson, a news correspondent for National… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch In Memoriam: Gregory Peck Actor Gregory Peck died overnight in Los Angeles. Highlights in his long movie career included the films "Moby Dick," "Roman Holiday" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Continue watching
Jun 11 Pulitzer Prize Board Reviews Reporter’s 1932 Award The Pulitzer Prize Board announced Tuesday it would reconsider the 1932 award given to New York Times Moscow correspondent Walter Duranty, accused of deliberately not reporting the "forced famine" in Ukraine during the regime of Josef Stalin. Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch Saving Private Lynch Terence Smith discusses whether the American media too willingly accepted the story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch as presented by the Pentagon. Continue watching